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I mean India was the richest country on earth for most of human civilization. What’s your point?

Argentina was one of the richest on a per-capita basis, ahead of France, Germany, and Italy. India was never rich on a per-capita basis: https://www.livemint.com/Opinion/Nb7KkZ3yOVSNW3vHf9K1oM/Worl.... For example during Roman times India had a lower GDP per capita than Italy, and it remained at basically the same level until the 20th century.

That’s a function of having very few people. Ireland is the richest on a per capita basis, it doesn’t really mean much.

it's very funny when people bring up this kind of static nonsense. Milei himself says he wants to turn the country into Ireland.

What does static mean in this sentence?

it's a typo, sorry. I meant "statistical"

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